Thursday, December 27, 2012

Waterscape : Paintings

Reflection-3Oil on Linen33x27cm13x10.6 inches Sept 2008Painted on location. A small pond. The reflections on the water had me so inspired that I went back for many a study... Painted during the Fall season. One can catch a glimpse of golden yellow from trees above...

River Iławka - IIOil on Linen 50x50cm2009

Reflection-IIOil on Linen27cmx33cm10.6x13"Sept 2008Poznan, PolandSold

Painted on location from the banks of Warta river, Poznan.

Painted in Sept, I would go back in winter to the same spot...

River Iławka -IIIOil on Linen
60x40 cm
2009

Reflection-441x33cm 16.1x13 inchesOil on LinenSept 2008Painted on location. A small pond. The reflections on the water had me so inspired that I went back for many a study... Painted during the Fall season. One can catch a glimpse of golden yellow from the trees above...

Reflection-3Oil on Linen33x27cm13x10.6 inches Sept 2008

Painted on location. A small pond. The reflections on the water had me so inspired that I went back for many a study... Painted during the Fall season. One can catch a glimpse of golden yellow from trees above...

Red Boat and River 38x28 inches96.5x71cmOil on CanvasOct 2009This is one my favourite works of 2009. It is a reflection of my love for the outdoors, a world which is away from hustle-bustle of city life. Untamed nature and its picturesque qualities have been my source of inspiration, a la Romanticist.

River & A BoatOil on canvas78x48 inches121x198cmOct 2009Sold

Land and Water-2Oil on Canvas52x37cmMarch 2011

WaterscapeOil on Canvas74x71cmFeb-March 2008

Green & White 50x40cmOil on CanvasApril 2011

Landscape50x40cmOil on CanvasJan 2011Sold

Land and Water-3Oil on Canvas52x37cmMarch 2011

Land and WaterOil on Canvas52x37cmMarch 2011

Waterscape-374cm x 71cm29x28 inchesAcrylic on CanvasJuly-Aug 2009

Waterscape- Reflection 2Size: 132 x 51cms52x20.1 inchesAcrylic on Canvas July 2009I have been doing a lot of waterscapes for the last few years in the plein air. But these are the first which were created in the tranquillity of a studio and are also bigger in sizes.

Waterscape- ReflectionWaterscape- Reflection Acrylic on Canvas Size: 132 x 51cms52x20.1 inchesJuly 2009I have been doing a lot of waterscapes for the last few years in the plein air. But these are the first which were created in the tranquillity of a studio and are also bigger in sizes.

Waterscape (with Branches) Acrylic on CanvasSize: 36 x 30.25 inches (92 x 77 cms) July 2009Painted in studio from my various studies of waterscapes and reflection on water. A la William Wordsworth's "inward eye". Its in bigger format and in acrylic.

Waterscape (with Foliage)Acrylic on Canvas 92 x 77 cms36 x 30.25 inchesJuly 2009Painted in studio from my various studies of waterscapes and reflection on water. A la William Wordsworth's "inward eye". Its in bigger format and in acrylic.

Waterscape-7 Oil on Canvas198x188cm78x74 InchesOct. 2009One of the large sized paintings i have done so far. Have been doing a lot of waterscapes for the last few years in the "plein" air. But these are the first which were created in the tranquillity of a studio.

Early Morning Mist Over the Lake100x81cm 39.4x31.9 inches Oil on Linen Jan-Feb2011

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River Iławka-3100x60cmOil on LinenJune 2010

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Lotus-3 Oil on Canvas94x84.6x5.1cm37x34x2 inchesOct 2009I have been doing a lot of waterscapes in the "plein air" (open air). But these are the first to be created in the tranquility of a studio. This canvas is mounted on a 2 inch stretcher & sides are painted so framing is not mandatory. Signed by the artist on the back.

River Banks and Marshes-IIOil on Canvas91.4x76.8 cm36x30.25 inchesSept 2009

Lotus-2 96.5x71cm38x28 inchesOil on CanvasOct 2009SoldThis was created in the tranquillity of my studio and also larger in size than my "plein air" (open air) works. I have been deliberately shying away from painting lotuses and lilies for fear of being unfairly compared to the master Monsieur Monet!

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About Me

Animesh Roy is inspired by the furious passion of Van Gogh, the adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson and the grit in Papillon, by Messner (Reinhold) for being alone with the mountains, the irreverence and bohemia of Henry Miller, the rebellious youths in 'The Wild One' ── “What are you rebelling against? What’ve you got?”, the sublime serenity of Tagore (Rabindranath) and Ray (Satyajit), and courage, greatness of the Mahatma (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi).

Born in one of the most artistic places in Bengal, Krishnagar, famous for its clay sculptures, Roy has been criss-crossing since a child as his parents had transferable jobs. A sense of adventure was instilled in him as a child through treks in the Himalayas — “Walking down to Saat Taal and getting lost on the way back in the darkness.....”

Inspiration comes from adventure, travel, meeting people, visiting villages, monasteries, temples, churches, mosques, and graveyards. He would not be able to work in the confines of a comfortable city studio. Though many of his works do get physically done in a studio - the germs are born on the road, while travelling, soaking in.

Roy has been a rebel and a traveller and his natural skills are completely untrained. His artistic growth did get stunted from four years of exile in the Delhi College of Art, trying to get a meaningless ‘art degree’. He planned for a ‘break’ like Papillon succeeding with two back to back solo shows just out of art college in 1992, thus earning the ire of the art critics and his art college professors!

Since then Roy has had several solo shows in major Indian cities and in Europe, with wide spread appreciation from the critics and collectors alike.

Roy travelled to Ladakh in 1995 in the comforts of an aircraft and called it - Travels with a Donkey - a R. L. Stevenson travelogue. He did some 100 drawings in and around Leh.

Then around 1997 he went into a hiatus — reading, learning how to drive and travelling furiously whenever his budget would allow — Nepal, Bhutan, America, Sikkim, Garhwal, Himachal, Rajasthan, Kutch, UP, Bengal, Goa, Madras. He stopped painting and exhibiting, cutting himself off from the ‘art world’ but continued quietly to do pen-and-ink drawings of places visited.

From 1996 to 2004 Roy did extensive pen-and-ink drawing of Delhi’s ruins: Mehrauli, Tughlakhabad, Adilabad, Sri, Sultan Ghari, Old Delhi etc., while constantly planning his next trip to Leh by road via Manali a distance of over 3,000 km from Delhi and back.

In 2004 he went back to Ladakh, this time travelling alone in his jeep, battling severe high altitude sickness, driving through some of the world’s highest altitude roads and passes. He paints this time. Early 2006 he visited Banaras and came back to his studio in Delhi to produce some 30 odd paintings in acrylics on canvas mostly inspired by the spring and summer of Delhi and a new found joy in his heart.

Roy is now back to his first love - painting.

In the summer of 2006 Roy went back to the Himalayas…to the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, painting the waterfalls and mountainscapes in acrylics on canvas. By the time monsoon came he was back to the plains, painting the fields in the villages around Delhi. During this time Roy finally switched to oils… a medium till now avoided by him due to the fear that it was not suited to his temperament! Many wise men had advised him against using oils!! But lately Roy was very unhappy with the results of Acrylic paints.. ‘It’s too muddy and there’s no sparkle’. So he started oils. Initially it was difficult to work outdoors with oils but he has adapted and has been working since in oils.

Roy went to Poland in 2007. It was early spring and the earth was coming back to life after a harsh winter... everyday fresh blades of grass and wild flowers would spurt... soon the landscape was flooded with flowering tress, shrubs, herbs... it was difficult to keep pace with ever-changing landscape.. before you could decide and go back to a spot the flowers have gone and was greeted by something new!

He spent about six months in Poland, travelling and painting. By the time he packed his easel and paints, he had finished about sixty odd works during his sojourn. Most of the works were done in the open air, and when the weather would turn too rough for outdoors, he would do some still life indoors.

Why Poland? Heart has its reason which the mind can’t fathom...

"Adventure is not in the guidebook and beauty is not on the map. Seek and you shall find."

— Elliot Porter

Roy is currently painting in Europe....trying to complete his art 'degree' amidst the beautiful landscape and museums of Europe!!

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“Animesh
Roy paints with a breezy brush, loaded with thick paint catching the
ephemeral poetry of colour and light...” thus wrote an art critic
once.

Animesh
Roy (b.1968 India) studied at Delhi College of Art (1986-90).

In
the last two decades since, he has held and participated in various
art shows across the world. The artist's impressionistic style is
characterised by visible, expressive brush-strokes, a painterly
impasto, bright and soft colours, visible textures and bold
highlights.

Animesh
has a lucid painterly style, drawing from his travels around the
world.

His
art works are painted mostly in oil on linen canvas and drawn with
strong strokes and vibrant colours that make the pictures seem almost
to glow.

Because
of his excellent paintings techniques, he has received high
appreciation from art critics and collectors. And catches the
attention of media.

In
his Art so in his life, Roy has merged the Orient and the Occident to
a beautiful unison!